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Leptopecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Leptopecten Verrill
1925Pecten (Leptopecten) Oldroyd p. 3
1926Pecten (Leptopecten) Jordan and Hertlein p. 435
1959Chlamys (Leptopecten) Grau p. 118
1961Aequipecten (Pacipecten) Olsson
1961Pecten (Pacipecten) Olsson p. 164
1968Aequipecten (Leptopecten) Berry
1982Leptopecten Woodring p. 595
1984Leptopecten Moore p. B43
1984Pacipecten Moore p. B44
1987Leptopecten Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
2000Leptopecten Coan et al. pp. 234, 237
2001Leptopecten Todd
2001Leptopecten (Pacipecten) Todd
2002Leptopecten Sepkoski
2002Pacipecten Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familyPectinidaeWilkes 1810
genusLeptopectenVerrill 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Leptopecten Verrill 1897
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Subg. Leptopecten (Leptopecten) Verrill 1887
Leptopecten auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Leptopecten bavayi Dautzenberg 1900
Leptopecten ecnomius Woodring 1982
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Invalid names: Pecten (Chlamys) bellilamellatus Arnold 1906 [synonym], Pecten monotimeris Conrad 1837 [synonym], Pecten tunica Philippi 1844 [synonym]
Leptopecten olgensis Mansfield 1939
Leptopecten thompsoni Maury 1917
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Invalid names: Pecten ischnon Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 [synonym]
Leptopecten tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846
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Invalid names: Pecten paucicostatus Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus Jordan and Hertlein 1926
Invalid names: Pacipecten Olsson 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: EP, SE, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 08:13:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:13:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (194 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Pecten andersoni (11601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44892 44893 44921 44926 44927 167645) Pacipecten andersoni (196138) Pecten andersoni (71215 91374 203554)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Chlamys latiaurata (112580)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Chlamys latiaurata (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten andersoni (43806 43807)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) L. discus (214405) Pecten andersoni (208181) Pecten andersoni, Pecten pabloensis (208107) Pecten discus (203540)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (California) Pecten andersoni (19151)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (59073)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Aequipecten pabloensis (59074)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (206393)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (California) L. andersoni (37533 37538)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44928 44930 44931 44932 44933 44934 44935 44936 44937 44938 44939 44940 44941 44965 44966 44967 44968 44969 44978 44979 44980 44982 44983 44985 44987 44988) Pecten andersoni (159672) Pecten discus (208127)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama L. ecnomius (52173)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) Pecten discus (159598)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) L. ecnomius (142895 142897 142898 142902 142910 142911 142913 142923 142924 142925 142944 145530 145531) L. sp. (79779 79780 79783 79784 79785 79791 79792 79984 79985 79986 79996 79997)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic L. thompson (94139) L. thompsoni (94141 99854 131464 131472 131473 131474 131508 131509 131510 131514 131515 131516 131517 131518) Pecten thompsoni (58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Pecten andersoni (168014)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama L. ecnomius (52170 52171 52172 52174 82121 82122 82124 82128 82129 82130 93144 93145 93146 93147 93148 93149 93150 136016 145521) L. eucomia (82116) L. sp. (145522) L. sp., L. ecnomius (145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela L. gilbertharrisi, L. ecnomius (130981)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Aequipecten andersoni (44423) Aequipecten andersoni, Aequipecten raymondi (44425) Aequipecten raymondi (44421 164674) L. discus (214962 214963 214964) Pecten andersoni (37547 208131 208132) Pecten raymondi (94813)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) L. leonensis (79961)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Chlamys desultoria (41541 41543 41545)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) L. leonensis (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Pecten tumbezensis (51885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pecten paucicostatus (43687)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Pecten tumbezensis (66795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja) L. bellilamellatus (66170 66174)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) Pecten bellilamellatus (97126 97129) Pecten bellilamellatus, Pecten praevalidus, Pecten latiauratus (97127) Pecten latiauritus (97124)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) L. latiauratus (214266)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) L. leonensis (60933)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) L. auroraensis (58893 58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela L. desultoria (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru L. sp. (97650)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) L. irremotis (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) Pacipecten sp. (48665) Pacipecten tumbezensis (48664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) L. auroraensis (58897 58898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) L. latiauratus (168757)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Pecten tumbezensis (207004 207005)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Pecten latiauritus (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) L. latiauratus (96590 96592)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) L. latiauratus (71054 202991 223329) Pecten latiauratus (96894 138723 222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) L. latiauratus (222954) Pecten latiauratus (222646)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Costa Rica Pecten tumbezensis (66797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) L. latiauralus (203417) L. latiauratus (96566 96930 96937 223045 223072) Pecten latiauratus (96589 96895 219029 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674) Pecten latiauratus, Pecten monotimeris (160361 219030) Pecten latiauritus (59063 202936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico L. latiauratus (67613 67641 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) L. tumbezensis (160395)